146 THE ЅСІТАМІМЕЖ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
H. velutina n. sp. 
Stems tall and stout, Leaves oblong lanceolate 15 inches 
rounded bilobed, edges not meetin 
theedgesatthe base whitish. Anther oblong retuse. Stigma 
deep red. 
Borneo, Bongaya River. 
Н. megalochilus, Achasma megalochelos Griff. Notul. JII. 426, 
Pl. CCCLV. Amomum megalochilus Bak. Flor. Brit. Jnd. p. 236, 
A. rubroluteum Baker, l.c. 
Stems stout and tall 12 to 15 feet, and 14 inch through 
clubbed at the base. Leaves broadly oblong cuspidate base 
oblique rounded glabrous dark green, 2 to 3 feet long, 34 to 4$ 
inches wide, petiole half to one inch long, ligule oblong rounded 
i inchlong. Spikes 2 to 3inches long on long subterranean 
branches of the rhizome deeply sunk in the earth peduncles 13 
to 1 inch long covered with ovate bracts. Bracts ovate acute 
mucronate strongty ribbed when dry, margins ciliate bright red, 
about an inch long.  Bracteoles narrow linear lanceolate 
pubescent. Calyx 3 inches long trifid lobes acuminate. Corolla 
tube 2 inches long rather slender, pubescent within, lobes 
linear acute an inch long, shorter than tube of the lip red, Lip 
2 inches longer than the corolla the sides rolled up at the base, 
spathulate, apex dilated entire or retuse, crimson edges yellow. 
ommon in wet woods, often forming dense thickets. 
Singapore (rare) Bukit Mandai. Pahang, Tahan Woods; 
Pekan. Malacca, Bukit Sadanen. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tampin. 
